March 29, 2026 The anti-boredom tech tool kit for meetings and classes BY Jeremy Caplan The hardest part of teaching—or leading meetings—is sparking engagement. Getting people to engage enthusiastically with something new can be tough. It’s especially challenging if people are overwhelmed, super busy, or just tired. As we aim to stretch people’s thinking in a … Continue reading The anti-boredom tech tool kit for meetings and classes
March 13, 2026 Why your best ideas get ignored during meetings BY Maria Papacosta You’re at your usual weekly team meeting. The team leader asks for ideas, and you immediately come up with the best one. It’s not just clever. It’s perfect. You rush to say it, glowing with anticipation. Silence. Nobody reacts. You walk out … Continue reading Why your best ideas get ignored during meetings
March 07, 2026 3 signs your meetings have a culture problem BY Jamie Shapiro Meetings in corporate America are broken—and only breaking down more. Globally, people sit in three times as many meetings as they did before the pandemic, 60% of meetings are ad hoc, rather than scheduled, and 71% of people regularly multitask through them. … Continue reading 3 signs your meetings have a culture problem
January 30, 2026 These three toxic power moves kill meetings span>span]:whitespace-nowrap”>Meetings are breeding grounds for three highly toxic power moves: AMPLIFICATION: The boss speaks, and suddenly it’s gospel. People start self-censoring, sugarcoating bad news, and swallowing their dissenting opinions. INCOMPETENCE: When a leader can’t run a meeting, it drains the room’s energy. People leave annoyed … Continue reading These three toxic power moves kill meetings
September 06, 2025 5 tips to fix meetings that waste time BY Samantha Wasserman Time and attention have become the most depleted resource in the modern workplace. Back-to-back meetings, calendar congestion, and constant context-switching crushing our ability to carry the daily cognitive load have created a time deficit that undermines performance, energy, and decision quality. Managers … Continue reading 5 tips to fix meetings that waste time
November 14, 2024 NLRB bans mandatory anti-union meetings after Amazon complaint The National Labor Relations Board said that so-called ‘captive audience meetings,’ which have been legal for decades and are routine during union campaigns, illegally interfere with workers’ rights to freely choose whether or not to unionize. BY Reuters Amazon.com made unlawful promises and threats during … Continue reading NLRB bans mandatory anti-union meetings after Amazon complaint
October 29, 2024 The secret to the most productive meetings may be these simple exercises you do beforehand The CEO of Myosin Marketing says the positive energy cultivated through these exercises translates directly to enhanced creative output. BY Sean Clayton Ever feel like your meetings are a jumble of scattered minds, with everyone thinking in different … Continue reading The secret to the most productive meetings may be these simple exercises you do beforehand
Meeting chats have big limitations, especially for big audiences. Imagine converting chat to a creative, visual experience. Kim Davis on January 24, 2024 Spending as much time as we do in video conferences, video meet-ups and webinars, we’ve become accustomed to those chat windows where people and their messages and questions come and go in … Continue reading Transforming meetings with StreamAlive’s visual chat experience
By Stephanie Vozza January 11, 2024 Whether it’s checking email or simply checking out, we all zone out during meetings sometimes. Virtual platforms made it even easier to multitask when you’re supposed to be paying attention. While you might want to blame boredom or even a less-than-exciting facilitator, the truth is that your mind … Continue reading 4 ways to stop zoning out in meetings
By Kathleen Davis November 12, 2023 I often joke that the best kind of meeting is a canceled meeting. Of course, I only partly mean that. I feel energized by productive brainstorm meetings, and I believe regular check-ins with my direct reports are essential. But like the 92% of employees who consider meetings costly … Continue reading How to fix everything that’s wrong with your meetings
